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A critical role for interleukin-6 family-mediated Stat3 activation in osteoblast differentiation and bone formation.
Bone - 1 Sept 2006
Itoh Shousaku, Udagawa Nobuyuki, Takahashi Naoyuki, Yoshitake Fumio, Narita Hiroko, Ebisu Shigeyuki, Ishihara Katsuhiko
Abstract excerpt
Signal transduction and activator of transcription (Stat) 3 is a transcription factor that is activated by a variety of cytokines and growth factors, including IL-6 family cytokines. These cytokines regulate bone homeostasis and have been reported to regulate the differentiation of osteoblasts and osteoclasts through Stat3 activation in vitro, but the in vivo physiological role of Stat3 in bone homeostasis is...
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